Located near the Nicaraguan border with Honduras, Chinandega sits on the CA-1 (Pan-American Highway). The department of Chinandega is 4,929 square kilometres (1,903 sq mi) in area … See more

Chinandega has many colonial-era buildings, though not to the extent of the Nicaraguan cities of León and Granada, since many of them … See more

Chinandega is home to two football clubs who have both played in the country's top tier in recent years: Chinandega FC and VCP Chinandega. … See more

The city of Chinandega has been nicknamed "the City of Oranges" (Ciudad de las Naranjas) and "the Hot City" (Ciudad Cálida). Its name is of Nahuatl origin; although its … See more

Our Lady Santa Ana Parish
In accordance with its colonial past and colonial-era urban planning, the city is centered around a central park with the Romanesque-style Our Lady Santa Ana Colonial Church. It has withstood over a century of violent … See more

Chinandega's cultural and historical riches date from before the Spanish conquest, when this region was inhabited by various Mesoamerican peoples, who had perhaps originated from the … See more

• Reynaldo Aguado Montealegre (born 1960), human rights activist
• Carlos Alonso (born 1979), former footballer
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